All are welcome at what will be TringCon XI, from 0930 to 2130 on Saturday
October 2nd at the New Mill Social Centre, Tring. Tring is about about 10
minutes' drive from Aylesbury or 15 minutes from junction 20 of the M25. For
those coming via public transport it's served by Silverlink from Euston
(about 45 minutes) and Milton Keynes (about 20 minutes).

The cost for the day is £10. This includes convention fee, buffet lunch,
tea, a huge number of biscuits, and a small donation to Histiocytosis X
Research.

Contact Alan Parr if you'd like to join us, or if you want more details.


Alan Parr
Phone: 01442-824173
Mobile: 07951-473-402
Fax: 070-920-24173

alanparr@...

........................................................................

PSYCHO CON 2004 UPDATED INFORMATION:

From 2pm Friday 8th October to 6pm Sunday 10th October 2004
The Clifton Hotel, SCARBOROUGH, UK

£4 per day, or £8 for the weekend if booked before 17th
September.
£6 per day, or £12 for the weekend if paying on the door.
Overseas attendees admitted FREE!

>>>>> Full Registration Details, including a downloadable form at:
http://www.psychozine.co.uk/psychocon .
If you are attending - please REGISTER as soon as possible.

THERE IS ONLY 1 WEEK TO GO FOR ADVANCE REGISTRATIONS!

>>>>> Games to be played - many and various!
Please bring any games that you particularly would like to play.
You are sure to find players!

>>>>> Prizes! There are many ad-hoc tournaments.
Prizes have been donated by MAYFAIR GAMES, EAGLE GAMES,
RIO GRANDE GAMES, SPIRIT GAMES, and
THE BOARD GAMES COMPANY with more to come!

eg. £25 voucher off games bought from The Board Games Company for
the
winner of the Diplomacy tournament!

>>>>> Accommodation is booked separately:
The Clifton has some single rooms available @ £35 / night.
it also has double and twin rooms.
Book early to avoid disappointment! Telephone: 01723 375691
Other accommodation, to suit all pockets is available in nearby
hotels and guest houses via the Tourist Information Centre - 01723
373333.

>>>>> Publicity:Please can you undertake any publicity you are able
to do on our behalf to your mates, players in games you currently
play in, and to any games clubs you are a member of. Your help
appreciated!

OxCon 2005
=========

A board games convention in Oxford, UK, organised by the Oxford
University Diplomacy Society.

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~diplo/oxcon/

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd January 2005
at The Mitre, The High Street, Oxford.

Featuring huge Settlers tournament (qualifier for Southern England
representative to World Championships), Diplomacy tournament, Lost
Cities championships, 15-1 Quiz, Gamesweb games retailer stall, bar,
restaurant, and lots of informal gaming.

Best wishes,

Richard.

November approaches, and so does Midcon 2004.

Taking place at its usual venue of the Birmingham City Thistle Hotel, Midcon
offers the opportunity to play board games with like-minded folk, play in
the National Diplomacy Championship, participate in quizzes, or generally
hang-around at the bar.

Room rates are at a specially reduced (as compared to last year) £40 per
night for a single room or £35 per person per night for a twin or double,
breakfast inclusive.

The convention fee is £15 before 1st November, and £18 thereafter.

An electronic booking form and further details may be found at
www.midcon.org.uk. There are still a number of rooms left, but bookings are
going well, so don't leave it too late to register, or else you may have to
stay elsewhere!

We hope to see you there.

The Midcon Committee

All

This is just a quick note for your diaries for next year!

PSYCHO CON 2005 will take place on the following dates:

Friday 7th October from 10:00am until Sunday 9th October 6pm.

There will be a pre-con Dinner at a local restaurant on Thursday 6th
for those who decide to travel up the night before!

The venue is still being arranged - but there will be a change of
location. Scarborough was considered too far out on a limb, so we
have moved to LEEDS! Keeping this a Northern based convention and
specifically over to the East where there seems to be a lack of
current cons!

Please put this in your diary now and watch this space for further
details.

Any conference organisers who will have booklets to hand out at
their events, please can you include PSYCHO CON 2005 with a link to
the PSYCHOPATH website - http://www.psychozine.co.uk

Any zine editors and webmasters out there - please can you included
details in your publications and websites.

Thanks!

MIKE

PS I am having a house con from the evening of Friday 26th - Sunday
28th November in York. If you are interested please let me know as
soon as possible. Floorspace is free, but bring your own sleeping
bag!

Sorry for the delay in confirming this caused by a combination of factors that
Gordon Lamont is turning in to a game. Maybe.

1. CONVENTION CONFIRMED
2. SBA CHAIRMAN JUMPS

CONVENTION CONFIRMED
DiceConEast will be at Overseas House, Princes Street, Edinburgh on Sunday 28
November 2004.

I have updated the website with more details of this and a report on DiceConWest
2004 from John McLintock.

No excuses for all you East Coast dwellers! And while Overseas House is not
quite as close to the central train station as our Glasgow venue is to that
station, Princes Street is slap bang in the middle of the action. Shopping,
sites and gaming. What more could you want?

Please help us by one or more of the following: (a) consider registering in
advance (b) spreading the word (c) turning up on the day. The focus is on open
gaming but we will have a couple of tournaments including a debut session of
Hammer of the Scots and the return of Up Front.  We will, of course, have a
great selection of games to choose in our library or you can bring your own.

I hope to see you there.


SBA CHAIRMAN JUMPS
Gordon Lamont, ably assisted by his brother Fraser, has gone into the game
business. The first offering is LEAPFROG. It's an easy to play but challenging
to win fast and frantic game. There have been some favourable independent
pre-release reviews. The components are top notch, an excellent standard for a
first release.  You can check out the Fragor Games web site -
www.fragorgames.com for details. Or you can travel to Essen this month where
Gordon will gladly sell you a copy and let you know what's next.

Ellis Simpson
DiceCon Webmaster


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We now have a date for ManorCon. ManorCon XXIII will be held on Friday 15th
to Monday 18th July 2005, at Shackleton Hall.

The hall has been completely refurbished since ManorCon was last held
there. The committee have been to see it today, and it is looking like a
much better venue than either Chamberlain Hall, or Shackleton Hall before
the refurbishment.

Some more information can be found on the ManorCon website,
www.diplom.org/manorcon/nextcon.htm , and the Flyer, Booking Form and first
Progress Report should be out sometime in January.

David.

I organize bi-monthly house-cons in Leicestershire. Anyone interested
please contact me for more information.

Regards

Andrew

Hello all,

Happy New Year!

There's now under three weeks left until OxCon, so I thought another
reminder would be good.

We're meeting from 22nd-23rd January at the Mitre, High Street,
Oxford. Any questions can be sent to me or dipsoc@....

Prices, tournament details and other informations can be found at:

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~diplo/oxcon/

Best wishes,

Richard.

Hi.

Just a quick note to inform you that the long dormant RamsdenCon web
site is no longer dormant.  You can find it on www.ramsdencon.co.uk.
It features updates to next month's con that weren't on the most
recent flyer.


Regards,


John

Hi All,

MasterCon will be 18th to 20th March 2005, and once again will be held at
the Elizabeth Hotel, Rockingham Road, Corby, Northants.

I have just updated the Webpage, http://www.ellought.demon.co.uk/mastercon
with this year's information. Please note that the advanced registration
fee will only be available for a short length of time, as we have to get
sufficient bookings into the hotel sufficiently far in advance, in order
for the convention to go ahead.

More details, including details of how to book, can be found on the above
webpage. Any questions, please ask me or Keith.

David.

Where?  The Rutland Square Hotel, St James Street, Nottingham.
When? 29th April to 2nd May 2005 - the first Bank Holiday weekend.
What time? 18:00 Friday night to 14:00 Monday.
What did you have in mind? Boardgames, Spielchamps UK, Silly Drive,
Freeforms, RPGs, Playtesting. And anything else you want to do.
Please fill in the boxes on the form and we'll try and make the
convention you want.
Where do we play? The Rutland Square Hotel has three meeting
rooms exclusively for our use in the hotel., plus another for children
But I live in Nottingham - I don't want to stay in the hotel? That's
okay, you can sign up for the con without having to stay in the hotel.
If you're not staying in the hotel, please come and spend some money
in there at the Bar
Bar? Yes, of course. Any special requests for Real Ales or Bar Snacks?
Accommodation? Twin and Double Rooms in the hotel are £35 per night
per person for Bed and Breakfast with two sharing. Single occupancy is
£45 per person per night. The hotel also has a number of Premier
rooms, which can have extra beds, please contact them directly (0115
941 1114, mention MayCon) to arrange this
How much does it cost?
			    		 In advance   		     On the Door
			 Up to March 30th From April 1st
Per day 		 £10 	 £12  £15
The whole weekend 	     £30 	 £35
How do I sign up? Fill in the form, send it to us with a cheque
payable to "UK Freeforms" or e-mail maycon2005@...
I'd like to run a game / freeform / RPG session - can I?  Yup!. Tell
us, and we'll put it into the events list. We'll put a timetable
together based on who wants to play and what people want to run.

Booking forms available from the Yahoo group
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/MayConUK

MasterCon 2005 is this weekend - 18th to 20th March 2005.

Unfortunately, Eve Smith has been seriously ill in the last week. She is
now out of hospital, but has been ordered to take two weeks complete rest,
so neither she nor Keith will be there. Therefore I am taking over the
running of the convention for this year. This has come as rather a surprise
to me, as I'm sure it will be to you, so please be nice to me, make things
as easy as you can, don't get too upset if things don't quite go perfectly,
etc.

Other than that, the convention will be the same as it has been in the last
couple of years - same location, same games (plus maybe some new ones),
same friendly atmosphere, etc.

If you are coming along, and you have not told Keith and Eve, please let me
know a.s.a.p.

If you want a room in the hotel, please book it yourself. If you have any
problems doing this, then please let me know, and I'll do what I can to help.

More information can be found at http://www.ellought.demon.co.uk/mastercon

David.

PSYCHOCON 2005

2pm Friday 21st to 6pm Sunday 23rd October 2005 in Harrogate!

The Event:
A Board Games convention open to ALL! Tournaments to include:
Diplomacy, Settlers of Catan, Puerto Rico, Formula De, Acquire -
more to be announced, all with prizes! Other games: Well... please
bring any favourite games with you, there is bound to be opportunity
and players available to participate. The more the merrier! This
year's PSYCHO CON will be bigger and better!

Registration Fee:

£8 per day, or £15 for the weekend if booked before 31st July
2005.

£10 per day or £20 for the weekend if after 31st July or paying
on the door.

Children under 7 are FREE. Children 12 and under are half price.
If not booking for the weekend, please specify which day(s) you will
be attending.

A downloadable booking form is available from
http://www.psychozine.co.uk/psychocon

The Venue:
The Crown Hotel, Harrogate

Accommodation:
You must book your own accommodation directly with The Crown Hotel!
The Hotel is holding some rooms for us for a limited period! Please
book as soon as possible!

The rates we have negotiated are:
£30 pppn B&B for a twin or double room.
£37.50 pppn B&B for a single room.
Please call reservations on:
0845 602 6787 or 0870 609 6115 and Quote: Group 1392

More information about The Crown Hotel and directions can be found
on it's website. These rates are only available until 31st August
2005! The Hotel is very close to the town centre and convenient for
local restaurants, shopping and Harrogate's many attractions!

Catering & Bar Facilities:
The Con Bar will be available from 11:30 to 14:30 and 17:30 to 23:00
each day, with the Hotel bar available outside these hours. Teas and
Coffees available (£1 per cup) throughout the day. Bar snacks will
be available either from the Con Bar or from the Bronte bar until
10pm. Dinner will also be available in the Hotel restaurant. A
plethora of restaurants is available only a few minutes walk from
the Hotel!

Latest PSYCHO CON information can be found on the psychopath
website: http://www.psychozine.co.uk

PUERTO RICO comes to MSO Cambridge for a third year with a new referee (Ian
Pearson) and a new system P.R.U.N.E.S.

DATE:     7th May 2005

Details:   http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/msocam/schedule.html
             puertorico@...
              http://www.finchleygamesclub.org/~ian/PR_MSO.htm

Hi All,

ManorCon is fast approaching - this year, it's the 15th to the 18th July
2005. This year, it's back to Shackleton Hall at Birmingham University. The
hall's been refurbished last summer, so it's all looking shiny and new inside.

The deadline for booking is now just over a week away. Bookings must be
received by June 17th - otherwise you'll have to book on the door and pay
the higher price. If you need a booking form, it can be downloaded from the
ManorCon website, http://www.diplom.org/manorcon

Meanwhile, if anybody is organising another games convention in the next 12
months, then please let me know, so we can include it on the Upcoming
Conventions page of the ManorCon Programme Booklet. And if you'd like to
take out a full page advert in the Programme Booklet, please contact me for
details - I need to know a.s.a.p., and will need to have the advert by the
end of the month.

David.

I'm just passing this info on - contact Pete for me info (details below).

Frome, Somerset, UK, July 10th 2005
£1

This years Frome GamesCon will be taking place at the Cheese
and Grain Building in the Market Yard in Frome on Sunday
July 10th from 10am 'till 5pm.

We have lots of free games to play, tournaments,
competitions, talks, displays, prizes, CCG's, RPG's, fantasy
artwork, manufacturers, games for sale, games authors,
miniatures, wargames, free parking, well you know the sort
of thing and of course there will be food and drink
available all day!

The main attraction of course is to share space with like
minded people, play games, meet new friends and have fun!

We have also commissioned a specially made real ale for the
event called appropriately enough "WassAle".

We have 30 plus explainers helping out and the whole event
should be a bit of fun.

Frome is in Somerset in the UK between Bath and Glastonbury
and this event is one of the very few in the area during
2005. Various clubs will also be present, so this is your
chance to come to Somerset and have fun!

We are holding the event as part of the Frome Festival
(www.fromefestival.co.uk) to give you more reasons for
travelling to Somerset to see us. Tthere are over 140
events spread over ten days, so why not make a weekend of it
and see Van Morrison the night before or stay on at the
venue after the GamesCon and see Arthur Lee and Love.

The Frome GamesCon is being jointly run by Wassail Games and
Iksentrik Models, both of Frome. For further information on
the GamesCon, please call Pete on 01373 469946 or use the
e-mail link here on this site.

Website : www.wassailgames.com

I've posted about this before so apologies to anyone who's seen.

I host a bi-monthly house con in Hinckley where I live, anybody in the
Midlands who is interested please feel free to get in touch.

Andrew

Hi, the Mind Sports Olympiad is again in Manchester this year, and
(fingers crossed) we're hopeful for more people to turn up to MSOCON,
the bit for friendly people who play the sort of boardgames you like
to play (unless you play Diplomacy, in which case you want the
previous weekend.)

This year we've got the usual tournaments, plus Markus Welbourne of
JKLM Games running a JKLM tournament, and a Victor Ludorum,
administered in a comatose fashion by Geoff Brown. It's all on the
usual August bank holiday weekend, ie the end of August.

Cost is £20+£10 late fee, which covers Friday morning to Monday early
evening.

I'll try to put the flyer up in the files section here, but at any
rate you can book online at

http://www.msoworld.com/2005/msocon.html

See

http://www.msoworld.com/2005/schedule.html

for more tournament details and start times.

Persons who can bring copies of any of the tournament games
(especially Puerto Rico, Carcassonne, Lost Cities...) are especially
welcome.

thanks,

Martin Burroughs

PSYCHOCON 2005

PSYCHOCON 2005 is approaching quickly!

It takes place from 21st October to 23rd October @ the Crown Hotel,
Harrogate, UK.

Full details can be found at:
http://www.psychozine.co.uk/psychocon/

The closing date for EARLY BIRD registrations has been put back to
31st August 2005!! This coincides with the date that the hotel will
release hotel rooms for general sale!

So... if you plan on attending this year, please get your
registration forms in quickly, and most importantly, get your room
booked at the hotel BEFORE they are released to the general public!

Thanks

MIKE

PS Could any zine editors or website publishers please pass on this
information to their subscribers.

PPS As last year, if any zine editors or website publishers send me a
SHORT piece about their zine/website, I will ensure that it is
included within the psychocon booklet!

Registration website:
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/edc2006/onlineform.php


The 2006 European Diplomacy Championship dates are now confirmed.

Shaun and I went to see the place today and booked the venue & dates. I will
update the EDC website (address above) with more details in a week or two, which
will feed back to everyone who registered on the website.

For now we have the following which is 100% confirmed:

Dates:  3-5 March 2006 (Opens 2pm Friday 3rd, Finish Sunday 5th at 6pm)
		 (you may come earlier or stay later, but this is the
time we 	 have the convention room booked for).

Location: Lee Valley Youth Centre, Cheshunt.
		 (Cheshunt is about 15 minutes by train half way between Stanstead Airport &
London Liverpool Street station, on the main train line between these two
locations. The venue is ONE MINUTE walk from the station)

The cost will be (to be confirmed) £27.50 for the Saturday night and £20 for the
Friday. The £27.50 gets bed, breakfast and evening meal. The £20 gets B&B only.
Prices are not 100% confirmed because there will be new rates next year, not
expected to increase too much.

The rooms are all shared dormitories with 4-8 beds in each. There are some dorms
with just two beds but these will cost a bit more. There are hotels near by, if
anyone wants a higher standard of accommodation.

There are five "lodges" and up to 25 people can stay in each (i.e., each lodge
has 5 or 6 dormitories). Each lodge has it's own communal area to cook & play
games all night if you want.

The main area we will play games in will cost £520. Some of this will be
recovered from the English players (£12 each) the rest (and the cost of
trophies) will come out of my pocket, so there may be a "donations bucket" to
those generous few amongst you.

The venue has an on-site bar and several pubs near by. The town (a short
walk) has high street shops where you can stock up on goodies etc.

This is as close as we can get to a good airport for foreign visitors, so we
expect all you foreign players to come.

The important thing to foreign players is to BOOK YOUR FLIGHTS EARLY to get
cheap deals. If you book now you may get a flight for just £5!

Also (when more details are announced) you will need to BOOK YOUR ROOMS early
too; they have 125 beds but will offer these to other visitors too.
Rooms will need to be booked by players themselves - The website will have more
details in a couple of weeks.

Please register at the website at the top of this email to receive future
updates, and tell your friends too.

Catch you soon
Toby

Greetings and Salutations
2005-08-24-1400.

Continuum is a biannual roleplaying, freeform and board games
convention held at Beaumont Hall, part of the Leicester University
campus Halls of Residence, from July 28th - 31st, 2006.

Continuum features the games and settings of Chaosium, Issaries and
other notable companies, as well as hosting many large and small
freeform games.

Noted for its friendly and accessible atmosphere, the convention is
open to gamers of all ages, although attendees younger than 18 will
require a signed permission slip and be accompanied by a responsible
parent or guardian.

Goto:
http://www.continuum.uk.net/


Cheers

Darran Sims.

_____________________________________
Go to Continuum!
Web  - http://www.continuum.uk.net

MASTERCON XIII
Hosting EuroDipCon XIV
3rd - 5th March 2006
Lee Valley Youth Hostel, Windmill Lane, Cheshunt, Herts
http://www.yha.org.uk/hostel/hostelpages/861.html

PROGRESS REPORT #1 incorporating the REGISTRATION FORM

MasterCon is on the move once again. Keith and Eve Smith have stepped down from
organizing the event after 4 years. This MasterCon is unique in that it will be
in a new location and will also be hosting EuroDipCon - the first time since
1998! The main organizer and Tournament Director for the Diplomacy will be Toby
Harris. Toby needs no introduction, he is a larger than life character who has
been in the hobby for about 20 years. In fact he was the winner of EuroDipCon
the last time it was hosted by MasterCon.
I am Shaun Derrick, previous organizer of MasterCon from 1994 until 2001 and I
am coming out of 'retirement' just for this particular convention. I will be
taking a background role, having found a location for the event.
David Norman will be helping with the Diplomacy scoring. With his considerable
experience in this field, things will, I am sure, run very smoothly.
Emeric Miszti is our website guru and he will be monitoring that side of things.
Of course, MasterCon isn't just Diplomacy. There will be lots of casual gaming
and an 18xx tournament  which has been a mainstay of MasterCon since the
convention began.

ACCOMMODATION

There are two main options for accommodation, the hostel accommodation and the
Marriott hotel. There may be local Bed and Breakfast options, but you would need
to arrange these directly if you wish to pursue that option.

The Lee Valley Youth Hostel has been completely refurbished and re-opened last
year. For those of you who consider Youth Hostels to be shabby claustrophobic
shacks, then you will be very pleasantly surprised how modern this one is. The
rooms are all en-suite and have 2,4,6 or 8 beds in each. They are very spacious
rooms with each lodge holding approximately 24 beds and have kitchen facilities
and enough space for gaming away from the main gaming room if you wanted it.  It
is classed as a 5 Star Youth Hostel and is certainly much better than I expected
it to be. Take a look at the website above.

The gaming room is in the main block with the restaurants, snack bar, shop and
'Games room' (This has a table football game). It also has a balcony for those
who want to get some fresh air or do their diplomacy outside. Smoking is not
permitted in any of the buildings so smokers will have to go onto the balcony of
the gaming room or outside the building.

Access is very easy. By car it is just half a mile from the main street through
Cheshunt town centre down Windmill Lane, plenty of parking available free of
charge. By train you can alight at Cheshunt station which is just across the
level crossing - literally a one minute walk! By air Stansted would be ideal as
there is a direct regular rail service from Stansted to Cheshunt station. More
specific details on train times and directions will follow in a future progress
report.

Being close to London there may be a number of people who won't need
accommodation, but will merely commute to/from the venue. There is a direct
service from Liverpool Street station to Cheshunt.

The Marriott Hotel is about 2 miles away from the venue. This is for those who
want rather more luxury than the Hostel. The hotel is on the junction of the A10
and A1170 at Turnford, the northern end of Cheshunt.

ACCOMMODATION RATES

The Lee Valley Youth Hostel
1 bed in a 4,6 or 8 bedded room -  £20.00 for Friday 03 March
					 £27.50 for Saturday 04 March
					 £20.00 for Sunday 05 March

1 bed in a 2 bedded room -  £40.00 for Friday 03 March
					 £47.50 for Saturday 04 March
					 £40.00 for Sunday 05 March

The rate for Friday and Sunday includes breakfast. The rate for Saturday
includes breakfast and dinner. The Saturday rate is a mandatory Dinner, Bed and
Breakfast rate, whether you take the Dinner or not.
All hostel bookings must be booked direct with the Youth Hostel.

Lee Valley Village YHA,
YHA (England & Wales) Ltd,
Windmill Lane,
Cheshunt,
Hertfordshire (UK),
EN8 9AJ.
Tel: 01992 628392 (00 44 1992 628392),
Fax: 01992 643984 (00 44 1992 643984)
Email: leevalley@..., www.yha.org.uk

Please mention that you are part of EDC or European Diplomacy Championship so
that they can apply the correct rate.

The Marriott Cheshunt Hotel
The hotel will hold some rooms off for me but I don't think this is necessary at
this stage.

The rate is £80.00 per night for a room whether there are 1 or 2 people in the
room. This rate includes breakfast and VAT. If anyone wants the rate for 3
people in a room, let me know.
However, if you are certain that you want to stay at this hotel and can book in
advance, there is currently a web fare of £76.00 for up to 2 people in the room
B&B, but you have to pay in advance and the rate is non-refundable. If you want
to book this hotel not using the web fare, then please contact me. I would
advise anyone even thinking of booking the hotel to let me know so that I can
calculate the number of rooms required.
If there are any Marriott card holders out there, you may get a better rate by
contacting the hotel direct.

The hotel details are...
Marriott Cheshunt Hotel
Halfhide Lane
Turnford
Broxbourne,
Hertfordshire EN10 6NG
Phone: 01992 451245
Fax: 01992 440120

ANY OTHER BUSINESS
Sponsorship!
This would be nice, of course, but efforts so far have proved fruitless. Tesco
have their head office in Cheshunt and I have tried to get some money out of
them - result = no response!! Does anyone know how to get to the right people in
this organization?

Prizes!
There will be prizes for the top 7 in the Diplomacy and a trophy for the 18xx
winner. Certificates will be awarded for Best Countries. If any more tournaments
are arranged, there will be a trophy for it. If anyone can supply some game
prizes... ?

Games Stand!
Dave Lunn from Gameseb will be present at MasterCon. He will be offering a
discount of 10% on all purchases throughout the weekend.
http://www.games-web.co.uk/

This Progress report has been produced by Shaun Derrick, 313 Woodway Lane,
Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2AP  Email: shaun.derrick@... or
sderrick@...

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REGISTRATION FORM

NAME (and nationality):

ADDRESS:

POSTCODE:

TELEPHONE:

EMAIL:

The fee for the convention is £12.00 for the whole weekend if paid by Friday 24
February 2006 (No fee for non-UK residents who can also register by email on
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/edc2006/). Any payments after that date will have to
be on the door will be £15.00. Do not to send registration fee cheques after 24
February as they may not be received in time.

Please make cheques payable to TOBY HARRIS and send them along with this
registration form to Toby at - 10 Charlotte Bronte Drive, DROITWICH,
Worcestershire WR9 7HU

WDC had 85 players.
EDC had 70 players.

For its 20th Birthday as many players as the total of those 2 together are
expected for the French NDC the next 29th & 30th of October. And not the least
of the players which should include the 4 of the 5 last World champion plus
many more World Class players among which most of the contenders of the GP
2005.

What a better way to celebrate this birthday but to join Paris City center again
? Especially when you know it is hardly 2h40 from London City Center in
Eurostar.
You can also expect some surprises in and outside the convention. Paradox, the
new editor of the PC version of Diplomacy will be there, and it will be
possible to test the game during the convention.

So come and join a week-end of partying or serious competition : whatever you
are after we have it for you in Paris, city of light.

Though we expect that the following website :

http://www.18centres.com/php/tournaments/2005_10_29_XXCDF_va.php

should answer most of your questions, do not hesitate to join the organisation
at mailto:contact_frenchNDC@yahoogroups.com if you need to know more.

Looking forward to meet you all friends, there.
For the organisation Team,
Yann.

November approaches, and so does Midcon 2005.

Taking place at its usual venue of the Birmingham City Thistle Hotel, Midcon
offers the opportunity to play board games with like-minded folk, play in
the National Diplomacy Championship, participate in quizzes, or generally
hang-around at the bar.

Room rates are £47 per person per night for a single room or £37.50 per
person per night for a twin or double, breakfast inclusive.

The convention fee is £15 before 1st November, and £18 thereafter. We have
also introduced a daily rate for this year.

An electronic booking form and further details may be found at
www.midcon.org.uk. There are still a number of rooms left, but bookings are
going well, so don't leave it too late to register, or else you may have to
stay elsewhere! And remember, the Midcon committee does not accept bookings
after the 1st November - you have to go directly to the hotel, who will not
guarantee convention rates after that time.

We hope to see you there.

The Midcon Committee

Attn MidCon attendees,

Following my 'Conquista Hispania' playtests of last year, I would like
some players to do likewise with my new game: History of the
World...Cup (Football, of course). My intention is to produce a board
for each World Cup so that a complete history can be played over a
period of time. I have already created the 1930 and 2002 World Cup
boards and should have 1998 ready shortly. I have only playtested it
solo and it 'seems' to work quite well, despite me continually
changing my mind on how to utilise the Defence cards! I expect the
1930 version of the game to take about 1 hour once the rules have been
explained. The 2002 version will probably take 2.5 hours.

Intrigued? Well, I will see you at MidCon...

Shaun Derrick

When? 26th to 29th May 2006 - the Late May Bank Holiday weekend.

What time? 18:00 Friday night to 14:00 Monday.

What did you have in mind? Boardgames, Card games, Treasure Hunt, SpielChamps UK, Silly Drive, Freeforms, RPGs, Playtesting. And anything else you want to do.
Please fill in the boxes on the form and we'll try and make the convention you want.

Where do we play? The Ramada Hotel has three meeting rooms exclusively for our use in the hotel, plus another for children

But I live in London - I don't want to stay in the hotel? That's okay, you can sign up for the con without having to stay in the hotel. If you're not staying in the hotel, please come and spend some money at the Bar.

Bar? Yes, of course. Any special requests for Real Ales or Bar Snacks?

Accommodation? Twin and Double Rooms in the hotel are £65 per night per room for Bed and Breakfast.

How much does it cost?
                                            In Advance                        On the Door
                        Up to March 30th        From April 1st
Per day                         £12                        £15                £15
The whole weekend                     £35                        £42

How do I sign up? Fill in the form, send it to us with a cheque payable to "UK Freeforms" or e-mail maycon2006@...

I'd like to run a game / freeform / RPG session - can I?  Yup! Tell us, and we'll put it into the events list. We'll put a timetable together based on who wants to play and what people want to run.

UK SpielChamps is the UK Heats for the EuropeMasters European Board and Card Games Championships (formerly known as Intergame) at Essen Spiel in October 2006

This year’s Tournament will take place during MayCon*, at the Ramada Hotel, Bath Road, Heathrow, on Sunday 28th May 2006

Teams of four will compete in four games, requiring a mixture of Skill, Planning, and a little Luck, including both new games and established favourites.

Reiner Knizia is sponsoring this year’s event, donating prizes, and he hopes to be there to present them on the day

This year’s games are; Louis XIV, Saint Petersburg, Tower of Babel and Escape from Atlantis

The entry fee is £5 after April 1st. Each team will need to bring at least one copy of each game to the tournament. If you need any of the games please email us on maycon2006@...
                                       

To enter a team, please download and return the form in the Files section, (together with a cheque for £5 after April 1st) made payable to UK Freeforms to; SpielChamps, PO Box 32495, London, SE18 7XF

* Entry to MayCon is NOT required in order to compete in UK SpielChamps, but we hope you’ll want to attend anyway - please see www.maycon.org for more details.